Continuing story?
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:date: 2005-12-06T00:00:00
:category: research

While reading an excellent introduction to SI `“Symbolic Interactionism:
An Introduction, An Interpretation, An Integration”`_ by `Joel Charon`_
I was thinking about my research (of course) and about the current craze
about rising murder rate in the City of Boston. Although I certainly do
not want to diminish the real pain of murdered victims’ families, I just
do not see anything so terrible around, which would deserve `moral
panic`_ going around just now.

So, for example `today’s “Here and now”`_ was introduced by the headline
declaring `“Stop snitching” T-shirt`_ as part of nation-wide conspiracy
to frieghten witnesses to testify in gang-related court cases.

.. _`“Symbolic Interactionism: An Introduction, An Interpretation, An Integration”`:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131114794
.. _`Joel Charon`:
    http://www.mnstate.edu/scj/Charon/
.. _`moral panic`:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic
.. _`today’s “Here and now”`:
    http://www.here-now.org/shows/2005/12/20051206.asp
.. _`“Stop snitching” T-shirt`:
    http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/05/snitching_t_shirts_come_off_the_shelves/